Tom Hanks - Philadelphia

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Philadelphia  When Hanks took on what would be the Oscar-winning role of a gay attorney dying from AIDS, there was so much misinformation floating around and such fear of anyone with the disease that the film became a polemic on understanding AIDS, with Hanks bringing a dignity to life and death in the film.

Philadelphia  When Hanks took on what would be the Oscar-winning role of a gay attorney dying from AIDS, there was so much misinformation floating around and such fear of anyone with the disease that the film became a polemic on understanding AIDS, with Hanks bringing a dignity to life and death in the film.